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Possessiveness isn’t love. I’m not even sure it qualifies as an emotion.

Ann Aguirre

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Ann Aguirre
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 27
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
the United States of America
Ellen Connor
Ava Gray
Emotion
Sure
Even
Love
Qualifies
Possessiveness

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